The battle of the ultra-thin laptops israging for Christmas 2009, thanks to Intel Ultra-low power CPUs. Today, Toshiba launched its T100 series with Windows 7, respectively the 13.3-inch T135 with either Intel Pentium Dual Core SU4100 (1.3GHz, 800 MHz, 2 MB) or Intel SU2700 (1.3GHz, 800 MHz, 2 MB) and the 11.6-inch T115 with Intel Pentium Dual Core SU4100 (1.3GHz, 800 MHz, 2 MB) or Intel Celeron 743 (1.2GHz, 800 MHz, 1 MB). The Satellite T135 (picture) weights only 3.88 lbs, and has a maximum thickness of 1.35 inch (0.87″ minimum), it boasts a 6-cell battery delivering 9 hours of battery life, 3GB or 4Gb DDR3 RAM (max 8 GB), 250 to 500 GB hard drive (5400 rpm), price starting at $599.99, available on October 22, 2009.
The Satellite T115, starting at $449.99, weights only 3.49 lbs and has a maximum thickness of 1.35 inch (0.99″ minimum), and offers a 6-cell battery delivering 9 hours of battery life, 2 GB DDR3 RAM (max 4GB), 250 GB hard drive (5400 rpm),available on October 22 as well. More info on the website: laptops.toshiba.com/laptops/Satellite/T100 You can buy the product on Oct 22: toshibadirect.com
At this price, this is serious competition for the Acer Timeline (1.1 inch thick max, 9 hour battery, 13.3-inch to 15-inch, 3.5 or 4.2 or 5.3 lbs) and the MSI X-Slim series, although one version of the Timeline boasts a more powerful processor, the SU9400. Asus will launch its new ultra-thin notebooks soon as well.
Full specifications in the complete article after the jump.
Toshiba Satellite T135 features:
- 13.3-inch diagonal widescreen HD TruBrite™ LED Backlit display
- Windows 7 Home Premium operating system
- Intel Pentium SU4100 processor or Intel Pentium SU2700 processor[iii]
- 3GB or 4GB DDR3 RAM, upgradeable to 8GB[iv]
- 250GB to 500GB (5400 RPM) HDD[v]
- 802.11b/g/n wireless[vi] and 10/100 Ethernet
- Bluetooth V2.1 + EDR (available on select models)
- Toshiba Hard Drive Impact Sensor
- Touch Pad with Multi-touch Control
- Lightweight at only 3.88 lbs.1
- Long-life 6-cell battery delivering up to 9 hours of battery life2
- One eSATA/USB combo port with USB Sleep-and-Charge and two USB 2.0 ports
- HDMI port
- Built-in Webcam with Toshiba Face Recognition, stereo speakers and microphone
- Toshiba PC Health Monitor
- 5-in-1 Memory Card Reader Slot
Toshiba Satellite T115 features:
- 11.6-inch diagonal widescreen HD TruBrite™ LED Backlit display
- Windows 7 Home Premium operating system
- Intel Pentium processor SU4100 or Intel Celeron processor 7433
- 2GB DDR3 RAM, upgradeable to 4GB4
- 250GB (5400 RPM) HDD5
- 802.11b/g/n wireless6 10/100 Ethernet
- Toshiba Hard Drive Impact Sensor
- Touch Pad with Multi-touch Control
- Lightweight at only 3.49 lbs.1
- Long-life 6-cell battery delivering up to 9 hours of battery life2
- One eSATA/USB combo port with USB Sleep-and-Charge and two USB 2.0 ports
- HDMI port
- Built-in Webcam with Toshiba Face Recognition, stereo speakers and microphone
- Toshiba PC Health Monitor
- 5-in-1 Memory Card Reader Slot
PRICING
Satellite T115 (11.6 in)
- With Intel Celeron 743 processor – 1.3GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB
- Black – $449.99
- Red – pricing not known yet
- With Intel Pentium SU2700 processor (+HDMI and Wireless N) – 1.3GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB
- Black – $479.99
- Red – pricing not known yet
- With Intel SU2700 processor – 1.3GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB
- Black – $599.99
- Red – $609.99
- White- $609.99
- With Intel SU4100 processor – 1.3GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB
- Black – $699.99
- Red – $709.99
- White – $709.99
Satellite T135 (13.3 in)
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